Emery-cloth holder



H. MLLER.

-EMERY cLoTH HOLDER.

H. MULLER.

EMERY CLOTH HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 17, i921.

1,394,757. Patented Oct. 25, 1921..4

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t D ST1 HENRY MLLER, oFwafrnrtBUnY, CONNECTICUT.

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ers; and I do hereby declarethe following,

when taken in connection with the accom panying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute'partA of this application, and represent, in

:Figure 1a side view of an emery-cloth holder constructed in accordance with my Y invention.

Fig. 2 a vertical sectional view of the same.

Fig. 3 bers separated and partly in sectionfto illustrate the clamping of the abrasive `material thereto. A 1 -Y l' Fig. 4 a transverse sectional -view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 an inside plan view of the two block members, with the clampsremoved.

Fig. 6 a perspectiveview of one of the clamp-plates detached. Y

Fig. 7 a perspective view of one of the clamps detached.

Fig. 8 a perspective View of one of the clamp-cams detached.

Fig. 9 a side view of a key for operating the cam.

Fig. 10 a perspective view of the nut-plate detached.

Fig. 11 a perspective view of the end-plate detached.

Fig. 12 a broken view, partly in plan and partly in section, of a modied form of my invention.

This invention relates to an improvement in emery-cloth holders and particularly to holders which are adapted to hold a strip of emery-cloth, the object being to provide a rectangular body around which the cloth may be folded, so as to present four working faces, and so construct the holder that the cloth may be readily applied and removed and firmly held when applied, and the invention consists in the construction and arrangements of parts as hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims.

In carrying out my invention I employ two holding-blocks 15 and 16, corresponding in shape and adapted, when brought together, to provide a rectangular block of the Specification of Letters Patent.

an inside plan view of the two mem EMERY-CLOTH HOLDER.

vPatented Got. 25, 1921.

App1caton led March 17, 1921. Serial No. 453,106.

desired dimensions. The inner faces of these blocks are formed respectively with centrally-arranged longitudinal grooves 17 and 18, and near. one side with longitudinal grooves 19 and 20. At intervals the inner faces of these blocks are formed with recesses 21, for the purpose as will hereinafter appear, and the opposite ends are cut away to form chambers 22 having beveled edges. In each of the recesses 21 I-locate a plate 23, having an upstanding-iange 24 along the line of the outer edges of the grooves 19.

. Resting upon the plate 23 are clamping-members 25, formed with flanges 26, adapted to stand parallel with the flanges 24 and provided with a clearance-slot 27, and a post 28. Superimposed upon the clamp 25 and riveted to the plate 23 is a cam 29, provided with a slot 30, through which the post 28 projects and provided with perforations 31 for the reception of a key 32, by which the cam 29 may be turned. The handle 33 is formed with a long spindle 34, adapted to enter the longitudinal grooves 17 and 18, extending through eyes 35 and 36 mounted in the respective blocks, and whereby the two blocks are connected together by the spindle. The spindle enters through an endplate 37, and is threaded at its outer end for engagement with a nut-plate 38 at the outer end. A strip of emery-cloth 39, or other abrasive material, of suitable Width and length, is folded about the two members, which are then opened and the edges of the cloth are turned inward between the flanges 24 and 26, and the cam 29 is then turned so as to crowd the flange 26 against the abrasive material and against the flange 24. With the material thus secured, the handle-spindle is inserted so as to interlock the two blockmembers, and, if desired, a spring 40 may be applied around the spindle, between the end of the handle and the end-plate 37, which will tend to force the handle outward when it is released from the nut-plate 38, and, if desired and `as shown, the plates 37 and 38 may each be provided with a dowelpin 41, adapted to enter holes 42, formed for them in the beveled ends of the blocks. If desired the two blocks may be provided with alined pockets 43 for the reception of the key 32.

While I prefer to employ the plate 23, with its flange 24, it is obvious and as shown in Fig. 12 of the drawings that this plate may be omitted, and the edge of the abrasive l holder material clamped by the ange 26 against the edge of the grooves 19 and 20. Also, as shown in this figure, instead of employing the post 28 and slot 30, a cam maybe formed with a cam-face 43 to force the flange 26 outward.

It will be seen that when assembled the presents four wearing surfaces, and the Vabrasive material is so firmly held that it cannot accidentally be torn away from the holder, and the abrasive material is readily applied and removed, as desired.

I claim;

1. An emery-cloth holder,consisting `of two uniform bloek-members, each formed With a centrally-arranged longitudinal groove, clamps mounted in each member and adapted to clamp the opposite edges of a strip of abrasive material, eyes mounted on the respective members, a spindle adapted to pass Vthrough said eyes, whereby the two block-members are eonnectedtogether and a handle applied to said spindle.V

An emery-eloth holdercomprising two block-members, each formed with ,a ycentrallyarranged longitudinal groove, and with a groove parallel therewith, and each member formed with a series of recessesa clamp-member mounted in each ofsaid recesses, a cam connected with the'elamp-mem-v ber and adapted to foree them outward, and

means for oonnecting'the two block-members together.

3. An emery-eloth holder comprising two block-members, each formed with a eentrally-arranged longitudinal groove, and each formed with agroove parallel there- 'with, and each formedwith a series of reeesses, plates mounted in said recesses and :formed with anges, clamps superimposed upon said plates, cam-members connected with vsadplate and adapted to vmove Vsaid clamps, and-means,- `including a handlespindle, for connecting the two block-members together.

4 AnV emery-oloth holdereomprising two block-members, each-formed 'with la centrally-arranged lor-igit'udinal groove, and each 'formed withv a .groove parallel Ywith the central groove, cessed and the innerfaces each formed with a series of recesses, clamps arranged inthe said reeessesand eofacting to holdithe edges of avstrip of abrasive .materiaha series of eyes mounted Ain said block-members, a handle and a handle-.spindle adaptedV to ex-` tend through the .grooves 17 d and 18 and through the said eyes, whereby theV two block-members Vare connected together, an end-plate for the inner ends of the .blockmembers, and. alnutfplateior .the n outer :ends of the `blooklmembers ,and with which -the handle-spindle engages. v v

In testimony -Whereofl have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses. y

s HENRY-MULLER.

Witnesses GEORGEA G. MUmNGs, GEORGEA. BARoNm'N.

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